What's Gained When Hospitals Recruit Hometown Physicians – 6/13/2013

June 13, 2013 -- A growing number of physicians have been returning to their hometowns or native regions to practice. A study published in Family Medicine reveals that recent medical school graduates are almost five times more likely to practice in their hometowns or adjacent areas.

Jim Stone, president of the National Association of Physician Recruiters, has noticed this trend. "Physicians gravitate naturally toward areas they are familiar with from some point in their lives," he says, citing hometowns as a preferred practice location for physicians regardless of specialty, age or gender.